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Jan 9, 2013

the world. we have to make sure our education system lifts them to their highest aspirations. when the society ages, it tends to -- it declines. that is the big demographic imperative. i was reviewing one of my favorite books on the roman republic. how did this village on the tiber grow to be the absolute leader of the known world in a few hundred years? it expanded its territory by plunder, by what ever. details. it was not pretty. [laughter] it added people, it kept getting bigger and incorporated the people and to roman citizenship. it became very consolidated, expanding group of energetic people. and they'll work. they were not just a bunch of talkers, they were doing. -- there were doers. -- they were doers. we have to consolidate on this. we have to find the common path that will enable us to make the investments and undergo the sacrifice that is required because it is not all ice cream and cake here. you have to curtail consumption. whether it is a business or household. in terms of -- the free sector. it is still the same game. looking out for the future, saving for tomorr

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Jan 7, 2013

to -- safety and more pro-business and less red tape and access to capital. it wanted a good education system. it is training so businesses can get the right workers. it is best known for its ski resorts and quality of life. the real challenge we have been working on in turning this thing around is to say, how do we become the most pro-business state? california will be more pro- business. oregon will be more pro- business. how to create that competition to be the most pro-business state but to hold ourselves to higher standards. we want to be the best of being pro-business. that focus, trying to get the partisanship to -- our legislators and state voters are one-third independent, republican and democrat and our legislature is almost evenly divided. if we pass our budget last week with 94 of 100 boats. i think we have been successful and beginning to get past the partisanship. this time to quit playing games and finding compromises. >> other specific things you were trying to do to make colorado more business friendly? >> we have efforts in every single agency of state government to cut spec

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PBS NewsHour

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Jan 8, 2013

on traditional liberal arts education. . >> woodruff: ray suarez looks into china's current crackdown on the internet and on its own news media, which is drawing protests. >> ifill: and we remember pulitzer prize-winning journalist richard ben cramer, whose work spanned presidential politics and the lives of superstar athletes. that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: saving for the heart. you'll be able to get close to iconic landmarks. to cultural places. it's a feeling that you can only get. these are journeys that change your perspective on the world viking river cruises, explore the world >> bnsf railway. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy, productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank y. >> woodruff: the renewed concern over mass shootings

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Jan 8, 2013

education these days is the recent explosion of free online courses. universities are grappling with their impact on teaching and liberal arts education. newshour corresondent spencer michels has our story. >> mark this with d and in a valueive the term you mark with e. >> reporter: tracy lippincott, who works in a san francisco bar, is taking a college course in her apartment, online, on how to reason and argue. the teacher is walter sinnott- armstrong, professor of ethics at duke university in north carolina, and the class is free. >> so how do you learn the technique? the answer is very simple. you practice, and then you practice again, and then you practice and practice and practice and practice. this class has these really short little lectures, which is great because you can kind of watch one, and then think about it and react, and then you don't have to watch another whole hour like you would in class. >> reporter: "think again" is a class presented by a one-year- old for-profit startup called coursera, currently the nation's largest provider of free online courses. 170,0

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Jan 9, 2013

-ups, we are taking steps to make sure conn leads again. when it came to education, the stakes were clear. take action together or risk losing an entire generation of young people to failing schools and a widening achievement gap. i am proud that after a long and hard debate, we were able to say with one voice, that the status quo was no locker acceptable. that when it comes to public education, we cannot keep doing what we have always done and simply hope for better results. that our kids cannot afford it and our state cannot afford it as well. we work with an eye towards a future and have made an historic investment of nearly $100 million from three k to high- school, focusing on those districts that are most in need. reaching kids early is critical to the success and early childhood education had to be a central portion of our education reform. so we created 1000 new school readiness opens statewide for youngsters at a time when no one thought that it was possible. that is 1000 more children that will show up to kindergarten this fall ready to learn. we did that together, and we will d

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NBC Nightly News

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Jan 8, 2013

to be stress relief. >> reporter: experts say more education is needed to help young women make wise choices about whether they should drink alcohol and how much. rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> and we're back in a moment with the night the luck o' the irish ran out. ♪ chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >>> we learned overnight one of the great nonfiction writers of our times, richard ben cramer, has died. if you were a young journalist in this country wanting to know how best to cover politics, campaigns and politicians, richard cramer's book "what it takes" it all it took. it chronicled the 1988 campaign as it focused on bush 41, on bush 41, dukakis, biden and all the educated at johns hopkins and columbia. richard ben cramer died of lung cancer at the age of 62. >>> well, you know how they say roll tide. the tide certainly rolled right over notre dame last night as alabama owned the bcs college championship game. from the get-go there were sad irish eyes all over this today. a 42-14 thumping for the

MSNBCW - Melissa Harris-Perry

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Jan 6, 2013

aspect. that is education. i think of the national level or state level rules for sort of outcomes in education. i'm looking at this map and as you pointed out, not only is it is map where crime is in the city, it's a map where you have low performing schools. ought we not put lead on top of our outcomes and not saying you have to close your school because you are dealing with students who are lead poisoned. >> correct. the mapping of a city is really easy to do. it's much -- ethically, it's more important to do something like that where you get at the source than measure blood level. we use the child to indicate what is environment is like and try to turn it around to primary prevention in measuring the environment and try to prevent the child from getting exposed. it turns out soil is very easy to measure the amount of lead in soil. we are doing a lot of work in the city of new orleans to try to advance changing the environment so that children don't get exposed. >> i really appreciate that shift. rather than thinking of the kid as the problem, we think of the environment. thank

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Piers Morgan Tonight

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Jan 8, 2013

the chances of success for these people that get caught in these situations for their survival by education. we've got to stop making this a taboo subject to everyone because it's scary. we can't give up our rights because we're afraid. >> i suppose the only thing i would say to that is i believe the rights of a 6 or 7-year-old child to go to school without the fear of being murdered to me exceed and come higher than any rights to own an ar-15 assault rifle. that's my point. >> well, piers, i don't disagree with you. i don't think children should have to be going to school worrying about being murdered. but we have to accept reality. no matter what laws we pass, lord knows we have laws, and during the last assault weapons ban it didn't stop columbine from happening, it didn't stop the west hollywood shoot-out from happening. these things happen. there are criminals in our world that we have to contend with. and disarming people and taking the ar-15s out of their homes isn't going to help. there was a lady in georgia who shot a man six times. he laid down, cried, got up and left. now, imagin

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Jan 9, 2013

to know what you think. >>> coming up, teachers and guns. we'll talk to an educator who wants to protect her students with a concealed weapon in school. find out if she is worried what parents might think. stay with us. we're right back. ♪ [ male announcer ] born from the elements, destined to take them over. ♪ the sirius xm satellite radio in the 2013 ram 1500. engineered to move heaven and earth. guts. glory. ram. the new ram 1500. motor trend's 2013 truck of the year. >>> the newtown school shooting has sparked a nationwide debate over whether teachers should carry concealed weapons in schools. a new poll shows most americans think arming teachers is the wrong answer. only 27% want teachers to carry firearms. 64% oppose it. but it's easy to understand why parents would not want a gun in their child's classroom. in 2010, guns killed seven children and young adults every single day in america. that's an average of seven people between the ages of 1 and 24 getting shot and killed every day in america. guns killed more kids than cancer, heart disease, flu, or infection in 2010. but gu

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Jan 9, 2013

'll talk to an educator who wants to protect her students with a concealed weapon in school. find out if she is worried what parents might think. stay with us. we're right back. [ male announcer ] house rule number 14. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. is efficiently absorbed in small continuous amounts. citracal slow release continuously releases calcium plus d with efficient absorption in one daily dose. citracal slow release. >>> the newtown school shooting has sparked a nationwide debate over whether teachers should carry concealed weapons in schools. a new poll shows most americans think arming teachers is the wrong answer. only 27% want teachers to carry firearms. 64% oppose it. but it's easy to understand why parents would not want a gun in their child's classroom. in 2010, guns killed seven children and young adults every single day in america. that's an average of seven people between the ages of 1 and 24 gettin

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Jan 8, 2013

. >> we have the achievement gap here between students and i think that rocket ship education will help us close that achievement gap. >> reporter: the issue goes to the sitting planning commission tomorrow. if it's approved by both panel, it then goes to the planning board of education for a zoning exemption january 23rd. >>> a humane society worker spotted a mountain lion last night about 6:00. sheriff deputies were called out to the 800 block of portola road. but by the time they got there it appears the animal had left the area. >>> city workers worked to fill 500 sandbags today in east palo alto. shovel full by shovel full crews loaded the sandbags. they'll be placed along san francis creek tomorrow. the creek flooded last month during heavy rainstorms. >>> we are just about to start peeling some pretty big changes weather wise. let's go now to our chief meteorologist bill martin. >> not a rain event but cold air event. there'll be some snow flurries on the bay area peaks. but the real impact will be the very cold air and the origins of this storm. cold storm do not bring a lot of moi

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Jan 8, 2013

: teaching to the test seems to sum up what's wrong with public education but a new proposal outlined by the state superintendent of schools promises to be different. >> and i think parents across the state of california will be pleased to see a system that gets their students ready for the jobs and careers out there. >> reporter: there are 12 recommendations for revamping student testing. the most immediate, suspending star testing next year for second graders and make the switch to the new test. science assessments will be added and the state will consider alternatives to the current high school exit exam. a representative of the san ramon valley unified school district was excited. when was the last time you heard that? >> most of the teachers that i talk to say this is great because it allows us to be creative again. >> reporter: the goal is to phase out rote memorization and develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. eventually all students will take the test on computers and no two tests will be the same. the computer asks questions

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Jan 10, 2013

want to change that. today the education and youth committee of the baltimore city council will convene to hear the bill on speed and red light camera monitoring. >> now the legislation requires quarterly reports of all tickets issued to yellow school bus drivers serving city students. baltimore city public school officials and transportation officials will be at the hearing today. bus contractors and parents are also invited to share comments and suggestions at that hearing. it's at city hall starting at 4:00 this afternoon. >>> well, some of your kids may already be waking up for school this morning. and some of you just think it's too early. well, today people living in anne arundel county are delivering a petition to the superintendent of schools hoping a later start time. schools in the county start at 7:17. the earliest time in the entire state. and amongst the earliest nationwide. so parents want the schools to start no earlier than 8:00 in the morning. both health and education experts say that research shows starting school that early is not good for adolescents' mental and phy

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Jan 10, 2013

by the publication education week. maryland was given a b. plus compared to the nation's overall average of c. plus. the state received its highest marks for emphasis on early childhood education and preparing students for college and on for work. >>> well, how early is too early to send the child off to school? some parents in anne arundel county tea say that catching that bus ten minutes before 6:00 in the morning is too much. they started an online petition to push back the start of the school time to 8:00 in the morning. they say right now, high school classes start at 7:17. and many students board the buses before 6:00. organizers plan on delivering the petition to the school board today. we'll let you know how it goes. >>> the flu is spreading very aggressively and already 2200 people across the united states have been hospitalized. here in maryland, the cases are pretty widespread too. and abc2 news health reporter linda so has the latest on the flu outbreak and how you know if you have it because sometimes linda, people ignore the symptoms and they don't know what's going on with them. >> r

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Jan 7, 2013

's important in the cities, on who is deciding where the money is going to go between safety and education. you talked about your state legislatures, it's incredibly important. we need women to really get engaged in politics, and we need them to run for office. we need more and more women to run for office, and we focus on democrats, and one of our big focuses in the next many years is to get more women to run for the legislature to run for city council to run for mayor's races, because that's our pipeline for congress, but it's also the regulations and laws getting passed every day that are affecting our lives and the lives of our families. >> thank you. other questions? >> i'm a journalist for -- [inaudible] >> in addition to -- i've also seen coverage that women are no longer big bloc that politicians can get with one issue and women maybe did make a difference because you can no longer count on them to just vote on issues -- can you address that question ask the challenge for you and in general in seeing women as a monolithic voting bloc. >> i've always thought it was odd -- because i've be

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Jan 6, 2013

for years of girls education in pakistan. she wants equal rights. she had a blog she spoke out about what was like being a young girl in the swat valley in pakistan, for all of that targeted tore the for the taliban and pulled over her school bus as she was on the way home from school and shot her in the head. miraculously, she survived, thanks to the great work of some pakistan and british doctors. she's now out of the hospital. what's the update on malala and what's next for her? >> she is out of the hospital and her father got a job in britain so her family will remain in britain, where she will be a little bit safer. they will have a little bit of security. but her life, it's going to be an uphill battle trying to protect ser he have from now on because she has become a symbol of freedom to many women in the islamic world and this is why she is he' going to remain a target and a major target by radicals who think it's a medal of honor to kill her and basically put fear in the hearts of the rest of population in the islamic world and who want to pursue education and rebellion. >> in fa

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Jan 8, 2013

for disease control and prevention, guns kill more than 5,000 kids each year. doctors usually try to educate parents about gun safety during regular checkups but a new law could change that. we'll talk with dr. sanjay gupta. i think that means we're taking a break but we'll come back and talk to you about it when we come back. [ male announcer ] this is sheldon, whose long dy setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. with three of your daily vegetable servings why take exercise so seriously,when it can be fun? push-ups or sprints? what's wrong with fetch? or chase? let's do this larry! ooh, i got it, i got it! (narrator) the calorie-smart nutrition in beneful healthy weight... includes grains and real chicken, because a healthy dog is a playful

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Jan 10, 2013

taking office and cut $16 billion. the tax hike will bring in $6 billion a year for education with more money going to poorer school districts and allowing other districts more spending flexibility. >> an at risk 96-year-old man disappeared yesterday. he is 5' 2" and 165 pounds and speaks only korean. the family says he is for getful and has dementia but is used to using public transportation to the san jose korean center but did not arrive yesterday. he was wearing a blue and white checkered shirt. >> 4:32. a man who lit a woman on fire in san francisco in bayview will be arraigned today after being arrested in oakland on monday for the attack on starr lamare a woman he was dating and faces charges of attempted murder and arson after he doused tar star with gas and society her -- set her on fire. they were arguing before the attack. starr lamare is expected to survive but faces months in the hospital. >> we are learning more of the death of a home intruder at the hands of a resident. it was a conspiracy by an estranged wife that backfired. our reporter has details on that. >> apartment

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Jan 9, 2013

controversy surrounding the harvard educated two-time head of omb is his signature, which has been affectionately compared to a 6-month-old less loose with a crayon. if lew is confirmed, that signature goes right on the money. >>> starting pictures dread it, baseball fans know it well, it's the call of the bullpen and it may never be the same. t-mobile handing out samsung galaxy smartphones to major league teams to replace the handset and the cord. and since the call to the bullpen itself is sponsored these days, and seemingly everything in baseball is sponsored these days, they couldn't pass up this opportunity to step boldly into the cordless future. >>> finally, the headline on the forbes website is scary. it reads, doom's day astroid bigger than expected. they're talking about a football-field-sized astroid called 99942 apophis, and while it will pass by tonight, when it comes back in the year 2029, it will pass so close, just over 30,000 miles, it's going to be visible in broad daylight. >>> we're back after a break with our making a difference report. big crowds, a big surpri

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Early Today

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Jan 8, 2013

alongside. >> is that a nose? >> flat, though. they said they were educational but a little scary. i agree with that. >>> one young man in australia earned his wings. a training pilot landed safely after the plane lost a wheel midair. he circled for four hours before the emergency landing. 24 here, bill, so young but talented. >>> a familiar face is greeting visitors at china's, gangnam in an ice sculpture with glasses and bow tie. it towers over fans. he may be done prfring his signature moves but the icy statue has visitors dancing alongside him. it's still going. >> he said he wants to move on. he doesn't want to be a one-hit wonder. >> he'll still have to do that. >>> time for an early look at stories we'll follow throughout the day here on nbc. two years ago, today six people were killed and 13 others were injured in a mass shooting in tucson, arizona, including former congresswoman gabrielle giffords. she and her husband astronaut mark kelly are marking date with a project they hope to encourage lawmakers to prevent gun violence. celebrations are planned for the 78th birthday of the

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Jan 7, 2013

or opportunities? with an advanced degree in education from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to meet these challenges and make a difference in the lives of students. let's get started at capella.edu. >>> welcome back. here's some stories making news this morning. syrian president has once again rejected international calls for him to step down, saying he'll continue his fight against rebel forces. he also proposed what he called a new peace plan that the u.s. state department said was quote detached from reality. >>> another night of rioting from northern enireland in belfast. people fought with the rioters. >>> off the coast of venezuela a search is in its fourth day carrying the italian fashion designer vittori missoni. >>> in a new interview britain's prince charles discussed the responsibility he feels as his son prince william and his wife kate prepare to make him a grandfather. >> i didn't want to be confronted by my future grandchild saying, why didn't you do something? to try to make sure that we leave them something that's not a totally -- >> prince charles also said that he

CSPAN2 - U.S. Senate

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Jan 8, 2013

vital issues in the pending tray marked too difficult. so we've broken the monopoly of state education with free schools providing excellent education free to parents who send their children there. we've also established 2,000 academy schools. we've stopped dumbing down. we've introduced tough new powers on discipline in the classroom. there's a whole set of issues that are subject to this long-term reform from this government, issues like putting our universities on a sustainable footing so they can compete with the very best in the world and give everyone a chance to go to them irrespective of their background or income, modernizing our energy and transport infrastructure so we can keep up with our competitors in the global race, regulating our banks properly, so that immoral behavior and the gross mistakes of the past are not repeated. we're dealing with the challenges of an ageing population. we've reformed public-sector pensions so they are both affordable and fair for both public-sector workers and the taxpayer. in every case, we've put the national interest at the heart of this

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CBS Morning News

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Jan 11, 2013

in education from capella university, you'll have the knowledge to meet these challenges and make a difference in the lives of students. let's get started at capella.edu. . >> reporter: >>> looks like a dozen whale trapped in canada are now free. the whales had been trapped for about two days with only a small air hole. a marine expert says the whales are about 600 miles from where they should be this time of year. >>> a nearly 10-foot-long python flew from australia to new guinea not from being inside but on the wing. startled passengers took these pictures. the python is seen battling fear winds. qantas said there was no threat to the passengers but the snake was found dead when they arrived. >>> a nuclear powered u.s. navy submarine struck a fishing vessel. there were no reported injuring. the fishing boat maintained its speed and course, offering no indication of a collision. >>> "cbs moneywatch" time now on a friday. american express announces big job cuts and 2013 could be the year of lower gas prices. ashley morrison is feeling better. she's back with us this morning. good morning. >> i

WBAL - Early Today

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WBAL
Early Today

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Jan 10, 2013

come back. >> 4:56. >> a new honor in our education alert. >> another year of the city progress for maryland city schools. >> a maryland trade school shuts down abruptly. i am jennifer franciotti. >> we are checking on three early-morning accid [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> you're watching wbal-tv 11. live, local, late-breaking. this is 11 news today at 5:00 a.m. >> good morning. i'm mindy basara. >> and i'm stan stovall. thanks for joining us for 11 news today. >> ava marie has a fofirst look at the forecast. >>

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Jan 5, 2013

can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. try capzasin-hp. it penetrates deep to block pain signals for hours of relief. capzasin-hp. take the pain out of arthritis. >> well, published reports has lance armstrong saying he may be ready to come clean. the reported reason, he hopes to restore his athletic eligibility. the editor of "bicycling magazine," an armstrong confession would be a very big deal. my sources indicate that armstrong and some of his representatives have been reaching out to people at the u.s. anti-doping agency at the u.s. justice department and some of the individuals that might have financial claims against him and he is really seeing if he can negotiate a situation where he could make a confession. and if that happened, even though, i have known the accusations to be true for a couple of years, it would be shocking for him to come out and make that admission. >> cnn has been in cont

KNTV - NBC Bay Area News at 11

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Jan 6, 2013

by the department of education. it's called title ix. the law require the schools to have policies in place and a trained title ix coordinator to handle abuse complaints. the coordinators contact information must be made public. we found at the time of the allegations, the school district wasn't following this law. >> do you believe that some of the children would not be victims right now if the school district had simply followed the law? >> without a doubt. >> reporter: they are bay area attorneys, separately representing alleged victims and several cases against evergreen and chandler. we showed them what we unkoefred. >> had they paid attention to that which they are obligated to do, we wouldn't be sitting here talking to you today. >> reporter: the principal said she reported the alleged abuse to the district. namely the human resources director carol schmidt. and was told to handle it on her own. schmidt then testified she had not received any training on how to handle child sexual abuse in 17 years. but according to the district, schmidt is the title ix coordinator. >> in this instan

KNTV - NBC Bay Area News at 6

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Jan 8, 2013

before education officials can start rewriting the test. if they get the green light, the new exams could debut in the 2014-'15 school year. >> the online courses aren't getting the hit they hoped for. the university spent more than $4 million marketing new online courses. the plan was to offer uc quality courses online to anyone including those not enrolled at the school. classes cost between $1,400 and $2,200. only one non-uc student signed up for an online class in the past year. another major problem, others like stanford and harvard offer many for free. >>> you are watching one right now. of course talking about the it tv set. >> the hottest ticket at the consumer electronics show in las vegas and our business and tech reporter scott budman to peer into the future. do you get to sample all of the these? is it for sale or just display? >> reporter: these are all samples. they're not for sale yet. sort of what you will be able to buy and that goes for a lot you're about to see. the future is bright and the future is very thin if you're a television set. they're still big draws and they

LINKTV - Democracy Now!

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Jan 4, 2013

LINKTV
Democracy Now!

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Jan 4, 2013

to abortion, family planning, or comprehensive sex education. pioneering feminist historian gerda lerner has died at the age of 92. she published multiple books over a decades-long academic career. she is credited with having earned recognition for women's history as a valid academic pursuit. she discussed her early days at sarah lawrence college where she established the first women's history graduate program in the early 1970's. >> when i proposed to teach a course in women's history, they said, who needs it? we are a woman's college. everything we do is women's history. and i said not at all because you are always telling it from the male point of view, from the mail days -- from the male gaze at women. despite these hundreds of years of discrimination and oblivion, women persisted that they have a story. and we had to win every step of the way. we had to win the right to tell it. so rule number one, nobody gave us anything. >> feminist historian gerda lerner died wednesday in madison, wisconsin. she was 92 years old. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.o

WBAL - 11 News at 5

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WBAL
11 News at 5

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Jan 9, 2013

as the question of repeal moves to the forefront. >> sex education for seniors is more necessary >> a three-month delay for the army private charged in the wikileaks scandal. the judge cited extra time needed to deal with classified information. this limits the possible sentence for bradley manning if he is convicted. he is accused of leaking reams of classified documents to wikileaks. the government claims he knew or should have known it would be seen by al qaeda. alert, thes medical recent cold weather has claimed two more lives in maryland. e total is now up to four. this may surprise you, but older adults living sexually active life style, are giving rise to a growing number of hiv cases. that is why city health officials and those in the private sector trying to spread the word. >> it has been a long time since and jessica hert sat in a sex education class. it is what seniors do not know that has officials concerned. a growing number of adults are being diagnosed with hiv. >> we looked at the numbers of people living with hiv in the city, 2010, and 45% for over the age of 50. we know t

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Jan 11, 2013

the world is how does it treat its women. does it educate that half of the population? does it give them opportunity? when it does, you unleash the power of everyone. not just some. and i think there was great wisdom in afghanistan ratifying a constitution that recognized that. that should be part of the legacy of these last ten years. okay. thank you very much, everybody. >> so there they are, the two presidents, the afghan president, the american president, wrapping up a news conference. they made lengthy statements and answered four questions between them. most importantly, the president suggesting there is a possibility that the u.s. troop withdrawal from afghanistan could even be accelerated over the next two years, though he's not yet ready to make any final decisions. he's waiting for recommendations from his military leadership. on the same front, he's saying there is no decision made how many u.s. troops will remain in afghanistan after 2014. although he says every u.s. troop who does remain will be required to have immunity from afghan prosecution as a general condition. and we

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's energy. when it comes to hydraulic. we have opportunities going on in 11 states to continue to educate around the breakthrough technology and part of the game-changing opportunity. we say technologies plural, we don't refine and develop not only those technologies but many others. >> thanks for doing this, jack. [inaudible] >> good to see you again. >> you mentioned keystone pipeline. i wonder if you have an assessment whether or not president obama will approve or reject the pipeline. if he does reject it what would the political consequences be? >> we are hopeful he will approve it. we're encouraged what we're learning from the white house the latest report coming out of the nebraska. the governor has to make a final decision there and advance it to the department of state. we're hopeful the president will approve it. when you look from the jobs perspective of the energy needs of the united states, as prime minister harper said, it's a no brainer. we're hopeful the president will step forward. i think it's the indication of the commitment based on the promise to the american people.

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Jan 11, 2013

ties of trade and commerce, development of education, opportunities for all afghans, men and women, boys and girls. this sends a clear message to afghans and to the region, as afghans stand up they will not stand alone. the united states and the world stands with them. now, let me close by saying that this continues to be a very difficult mission. our forces continue to serve and make tremendous sacrifices every day. the afghan people make significant sacrifices every day. afghan forces still need to grow strong. we remain vigilant against insider attacks. lasting peace and security will require governments and development that delivers for the afghan people and an end to safe havens for al-qaeda and its ilk. all of this will continue to be our work. but make no mistake, our path is clear and we are moving forward. every day more afghans are stepping up and taking responsibility for their own security. as they do, our troops will come home. and next year, this long war will come to a responsible end. president karzai, i thank you and your delegation for the progress we've made toge

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Jan 5, 2013

of education. for example, the bathroom walls almost every day are covered here and there with "white power" and white power symbols, with slogans such as "blacks are only good for being slaves," and "whites rule over blacks," as well as labeling the working water fountains "whites only," and the non-working fountains "blacks only." and it's extremely difficult to deal with. there is an intense amount of stereotyping as well as hatred floating in the minds and mouths of students and staff of the hanshaw--hanshew and service anchorage school district. i know by personal experience. 'i feel that this is absolutely horrible, that the wars that we as a minority, african-americans, puerto-ricans, etc. , fought many years back have to be refought over and over as the days go by. it's sad that people can't have their own opinions and approve and disapprove without discriminating others. it's a shame that there is only two times in life that we as people with skin and culture differences are seen as equals. those two important days are our first and last days of your--of your life. for example, whe

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Jan 11, 2013

. hamburger helper can help you back. and with box tops for education on every box, it helps you help your school. so you're doing good, just by making dinner. hamburger helper. available at walmart. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™. sven gets great rewards for his small business! how does this thing work? oh, i like it! [ garth ] sven's small business earns 2% cash back on every purche, everday! woo-hoo!!! so that's ten security gators, right? put them on my spark card! why settle for less? testing hot tar... great sinesses deserve great rewards! [ male announcer ] the spark business card from capital one. choose unlimited rewards with 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every day! what's in your wallet? here's your invoice. is a fantastic experience. 30 shrimp for $11.99. i can't imagine anything better. you're getting a ton of shrimp, and it tastes really good! [ male announcer ] hurry in to red lobster's 3

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take bits and pieces and create their own lessons. think of it as open source education. >> i think there's lots of occasions where businesses might try opening up and be surprised at what happens. for example, we wanted to translate t.e.d. into the other languages instead of paying for thousands of translators to do it, unaffordable frankly, we opened it up and made the transcripts free for anyone to look at. translators then applied at volunteers. we paired them up with each other so they could check each other and we've ended up with the library being translated into more than 80 languages as a volunteer effort. >> like t.e.d., we are posting my interview with chris anderson online. it's worth watching on our blog @cnn.com/yourmoney. i'll tweet it out, as well. thank you for joining the conversation this week on "your money." we're here every saturday at 1 p.m. eastern and sunday at 3:00 p.m. eastern. tweet me, high handle is @alivelshi and have a great is @alivelshi and have a great weekend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> it is 4 p.m. in the east 1 p.m. on the west co

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Jan 7, 2013

security, and we're not going to want to cut education and roads and bridges. >> very, very quick final point because we have to leave it there. >> this is exactly what we have been saying on the wall street journal editorial board for the last six months. you can't get the money you need to fund all these programs by just taxing the rich. and we have only had this tax increase on the rich for what, 72 hours, and already people like nancy pelosi are saying we have to tax the middle class, and by the way, that's where the money is. you just said, erin, if you want the money, you have to go after the middle class. >> let me just say -- no, no, the rich among us, the wall street journal editorial page probably thinks the middle class starts around, what, $500,000 a year? >> the president thinks it's $30,000 a year. >> i'm going to hit pause, but we'll have you both back because this topic is not going away. >>> and now our third story "outfront," reliving the horror in aurora. today, police officers recalled the details of the movie theater shooting that left 12 dead. one officer said jame

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Jan 7, 2013

by the school district. one that's supposed to be enforce enforced by the department of education. the law requires schools have policy in place and a trained coordinator to handle abuse complaints. the coordinator's contact information must be made public. we found at the time of the allegations he evergreen elem t elementary school district wasn't following this law. do you believe that some of these children would not be victims right now if the school district had simply followed the law? >> without a doubt. >> no doubt in my mind. >> bob allard are bay area attorneys separately representing alleged victims in civil caseses against evergreen and chandler. we showed them what we uncovered. >> had they paid attention to that, we wouldn't be sitting here today. >> reporter: the principal testified in her trial she reported the alleged abuse to the district, namely human resources director carol schmidt and was told to handle it on her own. schmidt then testified she had not received any training on how to handle child sexual abuse in 17 years. but according to the district schmidt is the

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the idea of making their voices heard. last night we spoke with caroline kane, a special education teacher from utah who was training to use a firearm, which she plans to carry into her classroom. >> it's not so much i want to carry a gun. i want to have options for that situation. i think the world is changing. it's not safe. and we see these kinds of situations happen over and over. >> caroline kane lives in a state with the most permissive laws about guns in schools. in the state of utah a person way firearm permit can carry a gun in a grade school and public colleges. utah's firearm laws prohibit public schools from enforcing any rules about guns. this means utah is the only state in the nation requiring schools to allow firearms. other states want to follow utah's lead. tennessee lawmakers plan to introduce a bill to allow secretly armed teachers in classrooms. ohio leaves the decision up to guns -- of guns up to individual school boards to make that decision. the state's attorney says schools should consider arming their staffers. texas gun laws allow weapons in public schools if the

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Jan 9, 2013

. and with box tops for education on every box, it helps you help your school. so you're doing good, just by making dinner. hamburger helper. available at walmart. >> they have been ordered to stop all operations in the united states. this after officials determined that one of those drivers had not properly rested. he had been on duty for 92 hours exceeding the federal limit of 70 hours after the crash happened. >> they link diet soda and other sugary drinks to depression. those who drank more diet soda cans a day were 30 percent more likely to develop depression. they had to drink four or more each day. experts stressed the findings don't mean that diet soda causes depression. >>> thanks heather. it's a question we ask ourselves from time to time, am noirmal or am i nuts? doctor keith ablow is here to answer some of your fun questions this morning. >> this first one says my mom has to fold hoar wash cloths a certain way the tag must be in a certain spot when she folds them. if not she will refold all of the wash cloths. is she normal or nuts? >> your mom is not normal. this is like a de

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you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine®... power to your mouth™. >> abc7 news starts right now with like breaking news. >> good morning, everyone. i am eric thomas. >> a shooter killed a teenager in marin city. >> our reporter is like at scene with the latest. what is going on? >> we are still waiting for a official work. look what happened. they are looking for shooter. initial reports are a 17-year-old has been shot. you can see police, a sheriff van, and detectives on the scene. they blocked off a portion of the street during this active investigation. it has been an hour and a half since crews arrived for the shooting. we are still waiting for word from the sheriff's department. they a

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Jan 4, 2013

so you can start figuring that out sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. nah, i'm good. ♪ [ male announcer ] every time you say no to a cigarette, you celebrate a little win. nicoderm cq, the patch with time release smart control technology. quit one day at a time with nicoderm cq. she can't always move the way she wants. now you can with new stayfree ultra thins. . flexible layers move with your body, while thermocontrol wicks moisture away. keep moving. new stayfree. >> live from the kgo broadcast center this is abc7 news. it is 8:28. i am indicate katie here for eric thomas. it is friday! >> i don't know if you will like the sound of change but it is coming. can you hear it? what will the change be, mike? >> rain for the weekend. it is dry this morning. a little more moisture in the air so watch out for patchy fog to develop. temperatures are close to freezing in some inland areas. fairfield is 30. to the north it is war

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Jan 7, 2013

, educate the american public about the duties and responsibilities of their vice president while providing a glimpse of the light-hearted side of politics, even in the midst of contentious and directive national debates. how about that? if the petition receives 25,000 significant tears in one month, the white house says it will consider the request. so far only about 1,300 people have signed the petition so don't hold your breath. >> hanging out with joe. >> we're back in a moment. >>> are you seeing this? >> is this real? did you create this in your graphics? >> no, it's not the weather computer. no. >> it's gorgeous. >> i know. >> it's the sunset. >> thanks for watching us. have a great evening. we hope to see you at 6:00. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios ...and now... you! [ giggles ] ♪ the one and only, cheerios (woman) 3 days of walking to give a break cancer survivor a lifetime-- that's definitely a fair trade. whoo! you walk with friends, you

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will be on display in the education center to be built close to the memorial wall in washington. the hope is to have 58,261 photos. one for every name. and what does it mean to have a face attached to the name? >> a profile is nothing but statistics, but if we have a photo to go with it, at least you can see a face to go with the profile. >> reporter: to know it was a person. >> to know's a person that paid the ultimate sacrifice for our country. >> enclosed please find the picture of my brother -- >> reporter: brickman and his daughter have turned up lots of stories and memories since they began their project last summer. they are down to the last 122 photos now. >> when i send out a letter or e-mail or whatever, my last sentence is, "may the fallen soldiers never be forgotten." to me that's what this whole project is about. >> reporter: because those who gave their lives were more than names on a wall. dean reynolds, cbs news, cedar falls, iowa. >>> coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," reaction to president obama's nomination of chuck hagel to t

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Jan 10, 2013

without the proper training schooling educational background to monitor 40 children. that is impossible. >> cummings has been released on $35,000 bond. police believe there may be other victims and are asking anyone with any information to contact them. they want you to know you can remain anonymous. >>> now to a story we brought you first on fox 5. a d.c. police officer charged with having sex with an underaged girl he met in a church choir. wendell palmer worked in the sixth district. a woman came forward and accused palmer of sexually assaulting her when she was just 11 years old. the woman says the abuse lasted for two years. >>> this year's flu season is packing a powerful punch, rapidly spreading across the country n boston, officials have declared a public health emergency after 700 cases have been confirmed. that is compared to 70 cases in all of last year. closer to home in maryland, more than 2300 people have been diagnosed with the flu. doctors say this soap's flu strain has begun earlier and hitting even harder. some health officials fear this could be the worst flu season i

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Jan 11, 2013

sooner. ln fact, by thinking about where want your education to lead, while you're still in school, you might find the best route... leads somewhere you weren't even looking. let's get to work. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine® cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine®... power to your mouth™. >>> updating the top stories. james holmes will be back in court today to be charged in the movie theater massacre. but his lawyers say they are not prepared to enter a plea. >>> a 16-year-old student is in custody after shooting at his high school california school. a sheriff says he targeted at least two classmates who bullied him, shooting one of them in the chest. >>> the storm that left parts of southern california covered in white is now moving across the country. heavy snow is coming down for salt lake city and the dakotas and northwestern minnesota. >>> and the rest of your weather now. freezing rain from minneapolis to duluth. thunderstorms across the

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Jan 9, 2013

to educate around these breakthrough technologies. and it really is part of a game changing opportunity. we think technologies, plural, will continue to refine and develop not only those technologies but many others. >> you under thank you for doing this. >> good to see you again. >> you mentioned the keystone pipeline a couple times in your speech but i wonder if you could come if you have an assessment whether my president obama will reject or approve the pipeline? if he does reject it won't be the political consequences be? >> we are hopeful that he will approve it, and right now we are encouraged i what we're hearing from the white house. obviously, as a result of alleged report coming from the state of nebraska, the governor has to make a final decision that may affect the department of state. but we're hopeful the president will approve. i think we'll look at it from a jobs perspective, from the energy needs of the united states, as prime minister harper said on a number of occasions, it's a no-brainer. so we're hopeful the president will step forward. i think will be an early indicat

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Jan 7, 2013

as to why we had the '95/'96 government strike. it's the same things. it's about education. it's about medicare. it's about the environment. you talked about going on vacation and coming back and hearing the same thing. we're talking about the same thing from '95 as we are today. we haven't really decided yet what type of country we want to be and how we want to spend the money in order to get there. we spend a great deal of money on education. we probably spend more money per student than any other industrialized nations. yet when you look at the collective global testing, we're somewhere in the middle of the pack. so the conversation we need to be having isn't just about how much money or how are we spending that money, and is this moving us towards the type of country we want to be? >> that's much too complicated. i'm just kidding. >> this is the point. this is the debate. there has to be a debate. we're going to debate how we spend our money. we're now talking about when we have the debates. we should be having it in the traditional manner in which the governments operate. if we do

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Jan 11, 2013

them more educated on social media. with that learning point or teaching point per se, i think we have to be aware of, hey, these are situations that can happen. and, unfortunately, it's come to light in steubenville, ohio. >> the case attracted a new wave of national attention when a video went viral. two students have been charged with the rape of a 16-year-old girl. >>> big news for those americans trying to adopt russian children. a law signed by president putton last month won't go into effect for one year, which means some adoptions can proceed giving some family who's were close new hope. this is seen as retaliation on human rights abusers in russia really sad that families and kids being caught in the middle of an international dispute. >>> this may be the best drive through prank ever. an as spiring magician created a driver's seat costume that makes it look like nobody is driving the car at all. he went through a bunch of fast food drivers and recorded the stunned, freaked out employees. >> oh mshg, my god. >> hello. what the heck is that? oh, my god. oh, my god. >> oh, my go

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Jan 10, 2013

significant changes on fund distribution. k-12 education will increase by two. $7,000,000,000.1820088854 by the year 2017. not only with services, programs but additional teachers and staff. they also want more local control to get away with the dedicated funds for certain issues and let local school districts decide how they want their money spent. when the most controversial is funding would not be evenly distributed. over time, districts with lower income and those in need of learning in, of learning english would need more money and this is the right thing to do. >> 40% of the students are poor. and 20% to not speak english as their first language that is a challenge. so, that means that our future depends not just on finding evenly but a disproportionate funding when the a disproportionate challenges. >> as for higher education the university of california will also see some increased funding. still, not as much as both institutions have wanted. >> catherine: they have also talked about fiscal belt- tightening? >> that always seems to be the excuse with raisin

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